This year’s Best New Bands showcase took place this past Saturday at First Avenue. Writer Colleen Cowie and photographer Helen Teague attended to check out each of the seven acts: Green/Blue, Under Violet, Loki’s Folly, FruitPunchLoverBoy, Mae Simpson Music, Muun Bato, and Nur-D. When Muun Bato played their first show just a year ago, singer…

This year's Mid West Music Fest lineup was announced this week. Performing across the historic downtown Winona, MN there will be over 60 musical acts representing a wide variety of the best established and up-and-coming acts of the upper Midwest and beyond.

This year’s Best New Bands showcase took place this past Saturday at First Avenue. Writer Colleen Cowie and photographer Helen Teague attended to check out each of the seven acts: Green/Blue, Under Violet, Loki’s Folly, FruitPunchLoverBoy, Mae Simpson Music, Muun Bato, and Nur-D. It’s impossible to stand still during a Mae Simpson Music set. Simpson’s…

You’re at a show by one of your favorite bands. They play an epic version of a song from their latest album, they introduce all the musicians, and they close the number with a flash of pyrotechnics. “Thank you very much!” cries the singer as they head offstage and the lights go down. That leaves…

This year’s Best New Bands showcase took place this past Saturday at First Avenue. Writer Colleen Cowie and photographer Helen Teague attended to check out each of the seven acts. FruitPunchLoverBoy have been quietly rising in the Twin Cities music scene. The band have only released a handful of singles online, but they had the…

Mary Lucia talks to Purple Current host Sean McPherson about the tour of Paisley Park he took on Monday. 'It felt very reverent to Prince,' Sean says, 'which means: music everywhere.'

Jefferson Airplane lost two members on this day in 2016, a band that had a wide influence on the world of psychedelic music. For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what contemporary psychedelic bands do you want to hear?

This year’s Best New Bands showcase took place this past Saturday at First Avenue. Writer Colleen Cowie and photographer Helen Teague attended to check out each of the seven acts: Green/Blue, Under Violet, Loki’s Folly, FruitPunchLoverBoy, Mae Simpson Music, Muun Bato, and Nur-D. Sisters Annie and Nissa are still in their teens, but have already…

This year’s Best New Bands showcase took place this past Saturday at First Avenue. Writer Colleen Cowie and photographer Helen Teague attended to check out each of the seven acts: Green/Blue, Under Violet, Loki’s Folly, FruitPunchLoverBoy, Mae Simpson Music, Muun Bato, and Nur-D. Under Violet pull influences from country to indie rock to folk, creating…

This year’s Best New Bands showcase took place this past Saturday at First Avenue. Writer Colleen Cowie and photographer Helen Teague attended to check out each of the seven acts: Green/Blue, Under Violet, Loki’s Folly, FruitPunchLoverBoy, Mae Simpson Music, Muun Bato, and Nur-D. Green/Blue didn’t bother to introduce themselves onstage at First Avenue’s Best New…